With Avian Flu Fear Gone Brazil Doubles Chicken Exports

According to the Abef, rising exports are due to an increase in imports of the product by the Middle East and the European Union. The expressive percentage variation is also explained by the decrease in exports last year, when international chicken meat consumption was reduced as a consequence of avian flu in Europe and Asia.

In July alone, the Middle East imported from Brazil 88,160 tons of chicken meat, the equivalent of US$ 118.13 million. The European Union, on the other hand, imported 46,530 tons of the product, the equivalent of US$ 112 million.

From January until July this year, Brazilian exports of the product yielded US$ 2.58 billion, an increase of 54.6% over the same period in 2006. In all, 1.42 million tons were shipped, a rise of 28% over the same period of last year.

Volume-wise, the main market for the Brazilian product was the Middle East, with imports of 549,470 tons, followed by Asia, at 459,000 tons, and by the European Union, at 318,000 tons.

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